I am dying of old age, and I have awakened to the character of longevity.

"We'll follow Sub-Chief Wei's orders."

"Sub-Chief Wei, please take care of your health."

Xie An and Zhang Lin cupped their hands to see Wei Dian off, not forgetting to say some kind words of concern.

Only after Sub-Chief Wei had walked far away did the two lower their hands, relieved.

Ah.

Zhang Lin couldn't help but sigh in lingering fear, "I really didn't expect that our encirclement of Plum Blossom Freak would suffer such heavy losses. Seven deacons died, Chief Liu died in battle, Chief Li lost both legs… The bandits of Dayin Mountain are truly terrifying!"

Although Xie An appeared calm, he was also afraid.

It is said that careful sailing ensures a long voyage.

Fortunately, he had always adhered to this principle. If he had been hot-blooded just now, eager to fight, and eager to make a contribution, I'm afraid those corpses… would have included himself.

Mixing in the pugilistic world is really dangerous, and one can't be careless for a moment.

Of course, Xie An also benefited from the information gap. He had seen Plum Blossom Freak kill the Night Pot Boy before, knew about the Immortal Treasure, and even had the Immortal Treasure in his hands.

So, when he first arrived tonight, Xie An realized that Chen Da and Fang Baiyu might be setting up a scheme with a fake Immortal Treasure to lure Plum Blossom Freak into the trap.

At that time, Xie An felt that tonight's operation was not the White Feather Hall encircling Plum Blossom Freak at all, but just satisfying Fang Baiyu's personal desire to pursue the Immortal Treasure.

Now, those chiefs and deacons who were lost in the hall were just paying the price for Fang Baiyu's personal ambition.

In this way, this Hall Master Fang is a very dangerous person.

A sentence from Wu Zetian in a certain Detective Dee movie from Xie An's previous life appeared in his mind: 'Those who want to achieve great things can even kill their closest relatives.'

First of all, Xie An extremely disagreed with this statement. But it felt very appropriate to use it on Fang Baiyu.

Zhang Lin nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Since Wei Dian did not ask Xie An to hand over the horses he had led away, it was clear that he intended to give Xie An some favor. Xie An naturally would not let go of this windfall, so he and Zhang Lin went into the forest to lead out the tethered horses and drove them on the road.

After all this tossing around, a lot of time was wasted.

When they passed by the gate of Chen Mansion again, it was already very late, the road was empty, the forest wind was rustling on both sides, and insects and birds were chirping incessantly. Xie An felt relaxed listening to it.

He reviewed tonight's actions in his mind.

This encirclement of Plum Blossom Freak, it seems… everyone was a loser.

Xie An was the only winner.

On the one hand, Xie An learned the origin of the Immortal Treasure from Plum Blossom Freak, and also involved the former dynasty's state religion and the cultivator big shot Li Changchun. He also knew the key to opening the Immortal Treasure box—cultivating the Bright Jade Skill. It was a pity that Li Changchun only passed the Bright Jade Skill to two personal disciples, and it was really not easy to get the formula. Fortunately, Xie An knew that Old Master Tang was one of Li Changchun's personal disciples, and as long as he cultivated the Nourishing Life Skill to produce Qi, he might be able to find the Bright Jade Skill.

On the other hand, Xie An keenly realized that: After this heavy blow, White Feather Hall had a large number of core positions vacant. Perhaps… he had a chance to be promoted.

Although Xie An didn't have too much obsession with promotion, the benefits of promotion were undoubtedly too many. The most important thing was that he could obtain more martial arts resources, which was something Xie An couldn't ask for.

Finally, Xie An also ended the hidden danger of Zhang Hengshui, and he didn't have to wear a mask anymore.

Killing three birds with one stone!

Oh yes, there are also twelve horses… four to five hundred taels are in hand.

Is this considered killing four birds with one stone?

Hiss!

Xie An's mind was a little excited. He secretly sighed that his operation was too brilliant…

Zhang Lin, who was walking beside him, was also in a good mood, "Old brother, I know a horse farm owner in Shuideng Town, surnamed Ma. He specializes in raising horses and is also responsible for training military horses for the garrison. I will find Old Man Ma to come to the black market tomorrow. Sell this batch of horses and try to negotiate a good price."

Xie An happily agreed, "Okay. When the horses are sold for silver, we will split it in half."

Zhang Lin was taken aback, "How can that be? The idea was the old brother's, and you have already helped me a lot. How can I have the thick skin to ask for money? I'll just run errands for the old brother."

To this day, Zhang Lin's attitude has been very correct.

Xie An took a step back, pretending to be tough, "Then it will be 30/70 split. If Brother Zhang still disagrees, then it will seem estranged."

Realizing that Xie An's attitude was firm and there was a sense of unquestionability, Zhang Lin agreed, but he was moved in his heart.

Twelve horses, selling for about five hundred taels is about the same. Thirty percent is one hundred and fifty taels, which is equivalent to Zhang Lin's half-year income, which is by no means a small amount.

After finalizing the distribution of the silver, both of them were in a very comfortable mood.

"According to what Sub-Chief Wei said just now, the hall suffered heavy losses this time, Chief Liu died, and Chief Li's legs were crippled. The positions of these two chiefs are vacant. Hall Master Fang will definitely find capable people to fill the gaps. With the old brother's ability, you may be promoted to chief in a short time."

Chief?

Xie An muttered this word in his mind, feeling a little恍惚(huǎng hū - absentminded).

He had been in the Tiger Wolves for more than half a year, and he had been steadily developing his skills. It was not that Xie An had no ambition, but he felt that the position of chief was very far away, and he had never thought about competing for the position of chief.

Now that the hall has suffered great losses, there is indeed an opportunity.

But after careful consideration, Xie An was not so optimistic.

This time, the hall was severely damaged and faced reconstruction. Fang Baiyu may indeed hide it from the top and urgently promote capable people to replace the vacancy of the chief. The more such times, the greater the probability that Fang Baiyu will promote his confidants as the main force.

But… Xie An also realized that Wei Dian's relationship with Fang Baiyu was not good. Moreover, Wei Dian was seriously injured and had no value to Fang Baiyu. It might not be good if Wei Dian's position as chief was taken down by Fang Baiyu.

And he was following Wei Dian, and he might be implicated and suppressed.

It might not be as good as it is now after this battle.

Crisis crisis… is the coexistence of danger and opportunity.

I'm afraid the danger is greater than the opportunity.

Xie An naturally didn't say these things, but humbly said: "Brother Zhang is joking, I don't have any great ambitions, I just want to manage the black market well and live a stable life."

Zhang Lin just smiled, secretly saying that the old brother has a really good attitude.

At this moment, a miserable cry for help came from inside the walls of Chen Mansion.

"Your Excellency, spare me!"

Xie An and Zhang Lin were both startled.

"Weren't Plum Blossom Freak and his party killed? Why is someone still killing people in Chen Mansion? And listening to this cry for help, it seems to be a member of the Chen family. Could it be… that there are still survivors among these evil bandits?"

Xie An shook his head, "Since our White Feather Hall has won, it is impossible to leave survivors for the evil bandits. The ones who slaughtered the Chen family… I'm afraid they are not evil bandits."

Hiss!

Zhang Lin gasped, "It's… people from our White Feather Hall!"

Xie An lowered his voice and said: "There is only one person who can issue such an order… Do you still remember that I asked Sub-Chief Wei whether to go in for the aftermath, and Sub-Chief Wei said that Hall Master Fang would not allow it…"

Zhang Lin blurted out three words: "The one who ordered the massacre of Chen Mansion is… Fang Baiyu."